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07 Aug 2026 edition
AWS

Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB now supports backup and restore

Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB now lets you create and manage your own backups and restore your data on demand. You can trigger one-time, on-demand backups, schedule automated recurring backups at the frequency and…

Source: AWS What's New aws@amazon.com
Rust GitHub

actix/actix-web: actix-http: v3.13.2

Fix MessageBody implementation for ByteString to signal completion after yielding its contents. #4177

Source: Actix Web Releases robjtede
AWS GitHub

aws/aws-sdk-js-v3: v3.1106.0

3.1106.0(2026-08-07) New Features clients: update client endpoints as of 2026-08-07 (c5d05426) client-amplify: Increased the maximum allowed length of the oauthToken parameter in the CreateApp and UpdateApp APIs to…

Source: AWS SDK JS v3 Releases aws-sdk-js-automation
AWS GitHub

aws/aws-sdk-java-v2: AWS SDK for Java v2 2.51.3

2.51.3 2026-08-07 AWS Amplify Features Increased the maximum allowed length of the oauthToken parameter in the CreateApp and UpdateApp APIs to support longer OAuth tokens issued by third-party Git providers. AWS…

Source: AWS SDK Java v2 Releases aws-sdk-java-automation
AWS GitHub

aws/aws-cli: 2.36.19

Tagging 2.36.19 release.

Source: AWS CLI Releases aws-cli-automation
Python GitHub

astral-sh/uv: 0.12.3

Release Notes Released on 2026-08-07. Python Add CPython 3.13.15 (#20997) Preview features Add --output-format to select automatic, human-readable, or raw-byte output for uv cache size (#20992) Preserve JSON output from…

Source: uv Releases astral-automations-bot[bot]

The ROI of AI Report 2026 - From tokenmaxxing to ROI

Google Cloud’s new report, From tokenmaxxing to ROI reveals three things the AI ROI leaders are doing to see financial returns from AI initiatives and key areas where AI is expected to make the biggest impact in the…

Source: Google Cloud Tech Google Cloud
DevOps GitHub

fluxcd/flux2: v2.9.4

Highlights Flux v2.9.4 is a patch release that ships various fixes to the Flux controllers, covering source-watcher tarball extraction and glob expansion limits, the refspecs accepted by ImageUpdateAutomation, the HTTP…

Source: Flux CD Releases github-actions[bot]
AI GitHub

langchain-ai/langchain: langchain-openai==1.4.2

Changes since langchain-openai==1.4.1 release(openai): 1.4.2 (#39322) fix(openai): handle ContextWindowExceededError (#39300) chore: bump the minor-and-patch group across 3 directories with 7 updates (#39187)…

Source: LangChain Releases github-actions[bot]
Python GitHub Rust

astral-sh/ruff: 0.16.2

Release Notes Released on 2026-08-06. Bug fixes [flake8-pyi] Avoid false positives on singledispatch functions (PYI041) (#27335) Server Register formatting capabilities dynamically to exclude TOML files (#27332)…

Source: Ruff Releases github-actions[bot]
Hardware

SPOKE: An RP2040-powered touch controller

SPOKE is a well-designed RP2040-powered touch controller that can also act as a MIDI input or HID. The post SPOKE: An RP2040-powered touch controller appeared first on Raspberry Pi.

Source: Raspberry Pi News Phil King
AWS

Amazon GameLift Servers now supports 21 new EC2 instance types

Amazon GameLift Servers now supports 21 additional Amazon EC2 instance types for managed EC2 fleets and managed container fleets. Amazon GameLift Servers is a fully managed service that enables game developers and…

Source: AWS What's New aws@amazon.com
PostgreSQL

Postgres Summit US 2026 Schedule is now live!

Hi all, The talk schedule for Postgres Summit US 2026 is now published. Browse it here: Talk Schedule The summit runs September 30 through October 2, 2026 at Convene, 555 Broadway, New York, NY, organized by the United…

Source: PostgreSQL News
PostgreSQL

Autobase 2.10 released

Autobase 2.10 expands day-to-day PostgreSQL operations with new cluster management capabilities. Administrators can now perform common cluster actions directly from the Console UI, configure advanced system settings,…

Source: PostgreSQL News
Java

Post-Quantum Cryptography in Long-Term Support JDK Releases

Oracle is executing on a strategy to make post-quantum cryptography (PQC) broadly available across the Java ecosystem with a roadmap that brings standardized PQC algorithms and PQC-enabled TLS to current Long-Term…

Source: Inside Java Aurelio García-Ribeyro
Java

Push V3: One Message From Your Server to Every Surface

Codename One Push V3 adds typed messages, managed credentials, segmentation, analytics, and Surface updates. Existing push apps should test the new cloud endpoint before next week's cutover. The post Push V3: One…

Source: Foojay Today Shai Almog
DevOps Open Source

Cloud Native Is More Accessible Than Ever | KubeCon Japan

More people can get started with cloud native than ever before. CNCF Ambassador Marcus Noble explains why that accessibility shift excites him most right now. #Shorts #CloudNative #PlatformEngineering #OpenSource

Source: CNCF CNCF [Cloud Native Computing Foundation]
DevSec

AI-Generated Patches Fail Half the Time

A study of more than 6,000 patches found that even working patches can introduce new bugs, break something else, or are open to bypass.

Source: Dark Reading AppSec Robert Lemos
General

How to Test AI Features in Flutter [Full Handbook]

You've spent two weeks building an AI assistant. The streaming chat looks beautiful, the system prompt is tight, and safety filters are configured. You demoed it to the team, and everyone was impresse

Source: freeCodeCamp News Atuoha Anthony
Open Source

[$] Changes in shadow-utils password-expiration features

The shadow-utils project provides the tools that handle /etc/shadow, /etc/passwd, and other related databases; in general, it manages users and groups on many Linux systems. While most software releases are notable for…

Source: LWN.net jzb
Hardware

The Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter: subscribe for free

The Python for Microcontrollers Newsletter is the place for the latest news involving Python on hardware (microcontrollers AND single board computers like Raspberry Pi). This ad-free, spam-free weekly email is filled…

Source: Adafruit Blog Anne Barela
Open Source

The Software Stewardship Lab launches

The Software Stewardship Lab, a nonprofit organization based in Scotland, has announced its existence. Our current research focuses are: Software supply chain security — We're working on an observatory that allows users…

Source: LWN.net corbet
Web

Using and Styling the Dialog Element

There's a lot of nuance to the <dialog> element, a seemingly little piece of web architecture. I've got some notes from digging into it. Using and Styling the Dialog Element originally handwritten and published with…

Source: CSS-Tricks Geoff Graham
Hardware

What to Make with Adafruit Feather RP2040 Adalogger

The Adafruit Feather RP2040 Adalogger is our take on an ‘all-in-one’ RP2040 data-logger (or data-reader) with built-in USB, battery charging, and a microSD holder ready to rock! The RP2040 Adalogger is the same size and…

Source: Adafruit Blog Stephanie
PostgreSQL GitHub

supabase/supabase: Developer Update - August 2026

Here’s everything that happened with Supabase in the last month: Supabase Select SF 2026 Supabase Select returns to San Francisco on October 2, a curated day of talks, feature deep dives, and more activations. Tickets…

Source: Supabase Releases ana1337x
Open Source

LightDM lives: version 1.33.0 released

Version 1.33.0 of the LightDM display manager has been released. This is the first release in four years: the project had been sponsored by Canonical but was effectively unmaintained in recent years. It has been…

Source: LWN.net jzb
General

Unveiling good and bad behaviors on the Agentic Internet

Cloudflare is shifting bot mitigation from point-in-time Risk assessment to continuous Trust evaluation. Learn how new good and bad behaviors from bots and agents are assessed by our systems, including BotBase and…

Source: Cloudflare Blog Marina Elmore
Web

How Baseline Can Help You Ship Less JavaScript

The gap between “you need a library for this” and “the browser does this” keeps closing. A practical guide to auditing your dependencies and finding what the web platform can now handle for you.

Source: Smashing Magazine hello@smashingmagazine.com (Jad Joubran)
General

Unifying Workers AI and AI Gateway into a single AI control plane

Cloudflare is unifying AI Gateway and Workers AI into a single control plane, giving developers observability, billing, and dynamic routing across both managed GPUs and external providers. Learn how unified bindings and…

Source: Cloudflare Blog Ming Lu
Hardware

Get Creative with Robotics Using CRICKIT

Make a robot friend with Adafruit’s CRICKIT, an add-on to our popular Circuit Playground Express, FEATHER and other platforms to make and program robots with CircuitPython, MakeCode, and Arduino. CRICKIT complements and…

Source: Adafruit Blog Stephanie
PostgreSQL

Shaun Thomas: Looking Forward to Postgres 19: Syntax Potpourri

Before diving into this final post covering new Postgres 19 features, I just want to say it's been a wild ride. Postgres 19 has been a veritable treasure trove of enhancements, perhaps more than any previous release; or…

Source: Planet PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL

Cornelia Biacsics: Contributions for week 29 & 30

The Talk Selection Committee of PGConf.EU 2026 met to finalize the conference schedule: Samed Yildirim (Non-Voting Chair) Floor Drees Gülçin Yıldırım Jelinek Jan Wieremjewicz Mayuresh Bagayatkar Andrei Lepikhov Jan…

Source: Planet PostgreSQL
Hardware

Proxmox VE now officially supports 64-bit Arm (Aarch64) targets

Proxmox has recently announced the first official release of Proxmox Virtual Environment (VE) with support for 64-bit Arm (arm64/aarch64). Until now, the popular virtualization solution was only available for x86-64…

Source: CNX Software Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft)
DevOps Open Source

Closing Remarks - Aya Igarashi, Preferred Networks, Inc.

Don't miss out! Join us at our next KubeCon + CloudNativeCon events in Shanghai, China (8-9 September, 2026) and Salt Lake City, United States (Nov 9–12, 2026). Connect with our current graduated, incubating, and…

Source: CNCF CNCF [Cloud Native Computing Foundation]
Hardware

ESP32 DevKit 30-Pin USB-C Case #3DThursday #3DPrinting

kmccoy shares: A snap-fit case for the 30-pin ESP32 devkit with USB-C connector, presumably fits similar clone versions. Embossed ‘ESP32’ and USB indicator on the inside, plus ‘EN’ and ‘BOOT’ labels on the top surface…

Source: Adafruit Blog Pedro
React

TanStack Table v9 and Next.js 16.3

#​486 — August 7, 2026 Read on the Web React Status TanStack Table v9: A Faster, More Modular Foundation — Arriving four years after v8, the popular headless table library gets a tree-shakable architecture where you…

Source: React Status
Open Source

GitLab + Claude Code: Streamlining Bug Fixes and Code Reviews

Combine the terminal-driven power of Claude Code with GitLab's DevSecOps platform to accelerate your bug fixes and code reviews. In this hands-on walkthrough, Developer Advocate Michael Friedrich demonstrates how to…

Source: GitLab GitLab
Open Source General

Jueves de Quack

Tu agente escribe rápido. Tu revisor sigue siendo una persona con un café. Este jueves nos tomamos ese café juntos y hablamos de pull requests en stacks

Source: GitHub GitHub